1 Samuel 2:5-15

5 "Those who were full hire themselves out for bread, But those who were hungry cease to hunger. ¹Even the barren gives birth to seven, But ²she who has many children languishes.

6 "³The LORD kills and makes alive; ⁴He brings down to Sheol and raises up.

7 "⁵The LORD makes poor and rich; ⁶He brings low, He also exalts.

8 "⁷He raises the poor from the dust, ⁸He lifts the needy from the ash heap ⁹To make them sit with nobles, And inherit a seat of honor; ¹⁰For the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, And He set the world on them.

9 "¹¹He keeps the feet of His godly ones, ¹²But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness; ¹³For not by might shall a man prevail.

10 "¹⁴Those who contend with the LORD will be shattered; ¹⁵Against them He will thunder in the heavens, ¹⁶The LORD will judge the ends of the earth; ¹⁷And He will give strength to His king, ¹⁸And will exalt the horn of His anointed."

11 Then Elkanah went to his home at ¹⁹Ramah. ²⁰But the boy ministered to the LORD before Eli the priest.

The Sin of Eli's Sons

12 Now the sons of Eli were ²¹worthless men; they did not know the LORD

13 ²²and the custom of the priests with the people. When any man was offering a sacrifice, the priest's servant would come while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged * fork in his hand.

14 Then he would thrust it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. Thus they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.

15 Also, before ²³they burned the fat, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, "Give the priest meat for roasting, as he will not take boiled meat from you, only * raw."

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1 Samuel 2:5-15 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 2

In this chapter the song of Hannah is recorded, 1Sa 2:1-10, and an account is given of the return of Elkanah and Hannah to their own home, and of the care she took yearly to provide a coat for Samuel, and of her being blessed with many other children, and of the growth and ministry of Samuel before the Lord, 1Sa 2:11,18-21,26, and of the wickedness of the sons of Eli, 1Sa 2:12-17, and of Eli's too gentle treatment of them when he reproved them for it, 1Sa 2:22-25 and of a sharp message sent him from the Lord on that account, threatening destruction to his house, of which the death of his two sons would be a sign, 1Sa 2:27-36.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 23

1. Ruth 4:15; Psalms 113:9
2. Jeremiah 15:9
3. Deuteronomy 32:39; 2 Kings 5:7; Revelation 1:18
4. Isaiah 26:19
5. Deuteronomy 8:17, 18
6. Job 5:11; Psalms 75:7; James 4:10
7. Job 42:10-12; Psalms 75:7; Psalms 113:7
8. 2 Samuel 7:8; Daniel 2:48; James 2:5
9. Job 36:7; Psalms 113:8
10. Job 38:4-6; Psalms 75:3; Psalms 104:5
11. Psalms 91:11, 12; Psalms 121:3; Proverbs 3:26; 1 Peter 1:5
12. Matthew 8:12
13. Psalms 33:16, 17
14. Exodus 15:6; Psalms 2:9
15. 1 Samuel 7:10; 2 Samuel 22:14; Psalms 18:13, 14
16. Psalms 96:13; Psalms 98:9; Matthew 25:31, 32
17. Psalms 21:1, 7
18. Psalms 89:24
19. 1 Samuel 1:1, 19
20. 1 Samuel 1:28; 1 Samuel 2:18; 1 Samuel 3:1
21. Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 9:3, 6; 2 Corinthians 6:15
22. Leviticus 7:29-34
23. Lev 3:3-5, 16

Footnotes 3

[a]. I.e. the nether world
[b]. I.e. strength
[c]. Lit "sons of Belial"